Time passed ruthlessly, and it was the next dusk again the next day. The battle against Tachou Village was extremely fierce. The Xixia army carried out four large-scale attacks in total, with nearly 5,000 casualties, and Tachou Village still failed to capture it.

However, the Western Xia army did not find anything. At least the fortifications set up by the Song army on the hillside were eventually captured by them. The Song army suffered hundreds of casualties and was forced to withdraw to the village.

The road up the mountain has been shattered by the thunder of the sky, and there are bloody corpses everywhere. Although the Xixia army also has thunder of the sky, they obviously will not use it easily on the mountain road, which will destroy the Xixia army's road up the mountain.

Another important reason is that the Xixia Army's deafening thunder is the same as the Jin Dynasty's deafening thunder. It has poor stability. Five dumb thunders will appear among the ten thunders. The same is true. If the formula of the fire-induced gunpowder is not mastered, the phenomenon of fire-cutting will appear in a confined space.

Gao Tingyi was already a little anxious. Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, if he didn't take down the village, he would give the Song army a chance to breathe, and it would be even more difficult to attack tomorrow.

As for the night attack, Gao Tingyi no longer considered it much. The night attack was extremely unfavorable to them. The Song army spread a large number of poisonous thorns on the mountain road. They could walk carefully during the day, but it was easy to step on at night, but they were unable to guard against it.

"Transfer my order, and the front army will attack again!"

The fierce fighting drum sounded, and the three thousand Xixia soldiers lying ambushed on the hillside had no choice but to force themselves to continue attacking the top of the mountain.

The Song army sprinkled a large number of poisonous thorns on the mountain road.

The Shane Army was backward in equipment and mostly wore thin-soled old boots, which were easily pierced by terrestrial thorns. Fortunately, the terrestrial thorns were poisoned and reflected a blue color in the sunlight. It was easy to see. As long as you are careful, you will generally not step on it.

But if it gets dark, you can't see the thorns. Now that they are asked to go up the mountain to attack the village, it is really hard to say how many opportunities they have to go down the mountain alive.

Every Xixia soldier was filled with despair, but under the pressure of the drums of war, he had to go up the mountain. Many people also took the initiative. Maybe they would still have a glimmer of life to capture the Tachou village.

After the Xixia army walked out of the dense area of ​​thorns, they burst out with loud roars and "killed" them to kill them at the village gate hundreds of steps away regardless of their own.

In the village, two thousand Song troops were already waiting for the enemy. The Song army was divided into three rows, and two thousand divine arm crossbows were coldly aimed at the rushing enemy. Zhang Shun was as deep as water, and his eyes were flashing with a cold light. He could attack the enemy from three hundred steps away, but after a day of fierce battle, he became more and more confident in himself. He wanted to make no attacking army go back and die in front of the village gate.

The soldiers of the Xixia army were getting closer and closer, and had reached the gate of the village sixty steps. In the afterglow, they could clearly see their hideous faces.

Zhang Shun finally issued an order, "Shoot!"

The eight hundred arrows in the first row shot towards the rushing enemy troops like a storm. Then the second row was shot out, and soon the third row also shot out, and the dense rain of arrows shot into the enemy group. Suddenly, screams were heard. The soldiers of Xixia fell down one after another, and the bodies quickly accumulated, with heavy casualties.

At this time, dozens of thunders flew down from the top of the mountain on the side, and exploded continuously above the heads of the Xixia soldiers. The earth-shaking explosions seemed to be trembling as if even the mountains were shaking. The Song soldiers covered their ears one after another. For a moment, smoke filled the entire mountain.

When the smoke of gunpowder disappeared, an extremely tragic scene appeared on the mountain road, with corpses everywhere, and broken limbs and broken arms spreading all over the mountain road.

Almost all of the more than a thousand people in the first half of the team were killed. Not only that, the mountain road completely collapsed after many explosions, forming a collapsed sinking zone of more than 30 feet long. The mountain road disappeared, and the Xixia army had no way to attack the mountain, so they had to retreat. Many soldiers stepped on the thorns in a panic retreat, and the mountain road suddenly screamed loudly...

Gao Tingyi personally led 5,000 soldiers to line up at the starting point of the mountain road, ready to go up the mountain to support the attack on the Tachou Village at any time. At this time, a series of explosions came from the mountain road. The explosion was so violent that Gao Tingyi suddenly looked up at the smoke and black clouds on the mountain, and felt a sense of badness in his heart.

Soon after, a soldier fled back to report that the mountain road had collapsed and could no longer attack. Gao Tingyi was stunned. Deputy General Li Yunmi stepped forward and persuaded: "General, it is not good to attack the mountain, so why not retreat to Luocheng first!"

Gao Tingyi was really unwilling to give up. He turned around and ordered the two confidant soldiers, saying, "You go up and see what's going on? How deep is the mountain road collapsed? Check it out carefully."

"Abide by the order!"

The two soldiers saluted and rushed up the mountain.

Although Gao Tingyi had thought in advance that the attack on Tachouzhai would be resisted by the Song army, his 20,000 troops could still capture the enemy camp at most, at most, the cost was a little higher. However, he never expected that the Song army's blockade would be so sharp that they had no chance.

This time, their attack on Tachou Village was a long-range sneak attack. They did not carry food, supplies, and the dry food they carried could only support three days. Two days have passed. If they still cannot capture Tachou Village, they will retreat before dawn at the latest, otherwise the army will lose food.

Gao Tingyi sighed secretly. Although he still held a glimmer of hope, he also understood in his heart that the possibility of the mountain road being blown up and attacking the Tachu Village was not high.

Sure enough, a quarter of an hour later, two personal soldiers rushed back to report, "Report to General, the mountain road was indeed blown up, and at least thirty feet of mountain road disappeared, and it is impossible to attack Tachu Village again for the time being."

"Maybe the mountain road be repaired?" Gao Tingyi asked unwillingly.

"Only a plank road can be built, but... it will take at least three or four days."

"Three or four days?"

Gao Tingyi was completely desperate. The army's food could only support one day, so he could not wait three or four days. After a while, he had to sigh and ordered: "Pack up your luggage and withdraw back to Luocheng!"

The soldiers of the Western Xia army had no intention of fighting. When they heard the order to withdraw the troops, the soldiers cheered up and quickly stood up and lined up.

The 20,000 troops fought for a day and a night, and had lost more than 6,000 people. Some of the slightly injured soldiers were dealt with, and about 15,000 people were still there.

A quarter of an hour later, the army had already assembled. Gao Tingyi turned his horse's head and led his army to retreat towards Luocheng. He came in a fierce momentum, but now his morale is low. Everyone just wants to leave quickly and return to Luocheng to rest and rest.

Fortunately, Luocheng is not far away, only fifty miles away, and it should be reached by dawn tomorrow.

From Tachozhai to Luocheng, it is a basin with relatively complex terrain, with low hills and deserts that stretch for dozens of miles. The only thing missing is forests and rivers, with bare rocks and dry thorn bushes everywhere.

Fifteen thousand Xixia soldiers marched in the vast wasteland. The figures of towering mountains could be seen in the north. After passing the mountains in the north, they entered the hinterland of Xixia, directly posing a threat to the core interests of Xixia.

So far, only Liu Fa has entered the hinterland of Xixia, but in the end he was unfortunately defeated by a strong enemy.

This time, the Song army passed two dangerous passes in a row and reached the last dangerous pass at the foot of Weicheng. No one dared to draw this conclusion yet.

But the Song army was ready.

Under the bright moonlight, Li Yanqing personally led 20,000 troops to ambush behind a low hill. About sixty steps ahead of them was passing through the official road of Luocheng. The so-called official road was actually a slightly flat road with the same stones all over the ground. However, for the army rushing to the road, this road made their feet very comfortable, and no one was willing to walk through the bumpy wasteland.

Gradually, the Xixia army was like a long black dragon, appearing under the moonlight several miles away, and was quickly marching towards this side.

"Master, they didn't send spies to investigate in front!" Cao Meng couldn't help but shouted in a low voice from the side.

Li Yanqing sneered, "They never thought there would be ambushes in Xixia, otherwise they would not have left only a thousand troops to defend Luocheng."

Speaking of this, Li Yanqing turned around and ordered: "Go and notify General Wang. Without my signal, the cavalry will not be dispatched!"

The eight thousand cavalry led by Wang Gui were hidden two miles away. The terrain of this area was complex, and the undulating earth slopes just blocked the view of the Western Xia army, making it impossible for them to find cavalry thousands of miles away.

"Tell me my order, the army is ready to shoot!"

With a command from Li Yanqing, five thousand crossbowmen raised their divine arm crossbows, waiting for the final order.

The Xixia army was getting closer and closer and had already entered the ambush circle of the Song army. Li Yanqing patiently waited for the opportunity. Due to the differences in the physical strength of the soldiers, the Xixia soldiers' marching team was very long, with a total of 15,000 people reaching ten miles.

For an ambush army, the best position is to hit the enemy's waist and cut the enemy into pieces.

When the Western Xia army's commander flag appeared in front of the ambush, the time was finally ripe. Li Yanqing suddenly issued an order: "Shoot!"
Chapter completed!